We analyze theoretically the Schrödinger-Poisson equation in two transverse dimensions in the presence of a Kerr term. The model describes the nonlinear propagation of optical beams in thermo-optical media and can be regarded as an analog system for a self-gravitating self-interacting wave. We compute numerically the family of radially symmetric ground-state bright stationary solutions for focusing and defocusing local nonlinearity, keeping in both cases a focusing nonlocal nonlinearity. We also analyze excited states and oscillations induced by fixing the temperature at the borders of the material. We provide simulations of soliton interactions, drawing analogies with the dynamics of galactic cores in the scalar field dark-matter scenario.

• Received 14 September 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.95.013844